Mission Impossible? The task for NHS Providers in 2017/2018
The 2017 Budget on 8 March confirmed that, while there was extra money for social care and a small amount … Read more
NHS reform
BMA: Government must come clean about ‘cheap tricks’ on STP funding
The government has employed “cheap tricks” to mask its real intentions for sustainability and transformation plan (STP) funding, the British … Read more
‘Serious concerns’ over future health care in Lincolnshire
The leader of Lincolnshire County Council has expressed “serious concerns” over a proposed shake-up of health services in the county. … Read more
Government demands ‘concrete progress’ on STPs
The government’s instructions to the NHS this year call for “concrete progress on local sustainability and transformation plans” and say … Read more
Constant restructuring of NHS is demoralising staff, survey finds
The number of NHS reorganisations in recent years is a key reason for the health service’s struggle to retain staff, … Read more
Three-way merger to create largest CCG in England
Three clinical commissioning groups in Merseyside have announced plans to merge, after NHS England “paved the way” for discussions to … Read more
CCGs to join up for STP-wide commissioning
All the clinical commissioning groups across a sustainability and transformation plan footprint have signed up to form a commissioning committee … Read more
‘Louth and Skegness hospital services could be merged’
Hospital services in Louth and Skegness could be merged into one building, according to worried campaigners. Concerns have been raised … Read more
Conflicting views on responding to draft NHS plan in Ross-on-Wye
A heated debate broke out about the draft plan for healthcare in the county and the future of Ross-on-Wye community hospital. … Read more
Doncaster to deploy shared care record this summer
Doncaster will deploy an integrated digital care record this summer, initially drawing on patient data from four organisations across health … Read more